Chennai: Infrastructure has never been such a happening sector as far as private equity and venture capital investments are concerned. The cumulative PE/VC investment of $12 billion in the infrastructure sector between January and July is more than the total investments received by the sector in past seven years put together.
The infrastructure has been witnessing the private equity and venture capital investments going up since 2012. In 2012, the sector received just $690 million for the full-year and January-July period of 2019 has seen investments touching $12,011 million. In the past seven years— between 2012 and 2018—the sector cumulatively received $11,852 million and within just seven months of 2019, the sector has crossed this cumulative investment, data from EY shows.
